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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 24017" data-attributes="member: 1070">I will finish my part in this,with the following.No matter what hobby or pet trade, there must always be a governing body no matter which way we look at this. For someone to take you serious,you need to be organized, otherwise too many heads not enough body parts. We need to step aside and look objectively from the outside, not just worry about our own little world. We need to start supporting each other,no matter our personal issues. If you can't care for a person,how could you care for an animal with more requirements. Our egos self importance should step aside,and mutual goals should count with a betterment for all. We can debate this, but if the current situation continues, this hobby will not flourish in this country. Illegal endeavors would,like smuggling etc. I distance myself from that, since I'm a hobbyists not a poacher but would admit if there was no hobby there wouldn't be poaching. Seeing we can't change the past,it seems to reason let's fix the future. So I hope,in all seriousness this will come to a point when some will think outside the box and realize.</blockquote>